Kristen Rulifson
@fire.rose25
EDUCATION
University of California Davis March 2014
Neurobiology Physiology and Behavior, B.S.
Minors: Spanish and Dramatic Arts
Tamalpa Institute May 2017
Expressive Arts Therapy
A Community for Peace October 2015
Domestic Violence Advocate Training
EXPERIENCE
CO-DIRECTOR: NATURALLY EXPRESSIVE LEADERS, 2016-2019
Direct and facilitate leadership camps for underserved youth including subjects such as conflict mediation, trauma triggers and resources, and social emotional learning through expressive arts, mindfulness, and advocacy. www.naturallyexpressiveleaders.com
PROGRAM COORDINATOR: TAMALPA INSTITUTE, 2018-2019
Coordinate international expressive arts training programs, serve as the organizer between students, faculty, and branch directors.
TEACHING ARTIST :VALLEJO CHARTER SCHOOL & ADDA CLEVENGER SCHOOL, 2016-2019
Teach foundations of movement and expression to elementary and middle school students with culminating performance for school, families, and community.
HealthCorps Coordinator: Healthcorps Inc. , 2014-2016
Teach nutrition, yoga, mindfulness, and health education in and out of the classroom. Coordinate community health fair, serve as wellness liaison between school and community partners, create and implement staff wellness initiatives.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: iDigit dance company, 2014-2016
Expressive arts youth program for 11-18 year old students; integrates dance, spoken word, and performance in sharing stories for social change.
FOUNDER: gender gap awareness project, 2013
GGAP was designed as an after school dance program that empowers 11-14 year old girls through the arts and sciences. topics explored: physiology, physics, nutrition, stress, resiliency. This project was part of CGIU 2013
Selected Teaching Experience
2019 Movement for Veterans, KDMG, San Francisco
2018 Storytelling & Movement, Halka Art Project, Istanbul
2017-2018 Delta College ( contemporary, improv, acrobatics), Stockton
2017 CounterPulse (contact improvisation), San Francisco
2012-2014 Lead Dance Instructor at UC Davis Campus Recreation (ballet, jazz, modern,
hip hop, Davis
Selected Performance Experience
Dec 2019 Muscle Memory, Scott Wells and Dancers, San Francisco
July 2019 Autumn Leaves, Artship, San Francisco
Dec 2018 Washed Ashore, ArtShip Istanbul, Turkey
Dec 2018 Consent Forms, Piñata Dance Collective, San Francisco
Oct 2018 Animate Dance Festival, Molly Rose-Wiliams, Alameda (Site Specific)
Aug 2018 Acro Festival, Scott Wells & Dancers, San Francisco
May 2018 At The End of Her Rope, Piñata Collective, San Francisco
Nov 2018 Centennial Reckoning, Echo Theatre Suitcase, San Francisco
May 2018 San Francisco I Love You, Footloose Presents, San Francisco
Nov 2017 #Don’t Grab, Liz Boubion & Piñata Collective, San Francisco (FLACC)
Aug 2016 Breathing Bridges, Lauren Godla, Crescent City (Site-Specific)
July 2016 Strung, Iu-Hui Chua San Francisco
July 2016 The Pods, Leslie Chapman, Anna Halprin's Birthday Kentfield (Site-Specific)
June 2016 Humpty Dumpty, David Grenke, Davis
Mar 2014 We Do Not Live in Splendid Isoation, Deirdre Morris, Davis (Site-Specific)
2012-2014 Anonymous, Iu-Hui Chua, Davis
Selected Directed Works
June 2019 Curvy and Curly, Above Ground Festival, Kristen Rulifson & Lauren Godla, San Francisco
April 2019 TidalPulse, 4X4 Festival, Kristen Rulifson and Dennis McCaffrey, Tijuana, Mexico
July 2018 Sleeping with Sharks, Kristen Rulifson Summer Performance Festival, San Francisco
Dec 2017 Heads or Tails, Kristen Rulifson, San Francisco
Oct 2017 Twirl Me, Yerba Buena Night, Kristen Rulifson, Hien Huynh, Malia Byrne, San Francisco
Feb 2017 Bargaining With God, Kristen Rulifson and Lauren Godla, San Francisco
Nov2016 Dropping in the Out, Kristen Rulifson, Berkeley
May2016 Dreams in Detention, Kristen Rulifson, Sacramento
2015-2016 Migrants (feat Joe Kye), Kristen Rulifson and Hien Huynh; Davis, San Francisco,
Grants, Awards, and Residencies
2020 Emerging Artist Residency, Shawl Anderson, Berkeley CA
2020 Artist and Activist Residency, Finnish Hall, Berkeley, CA
2018 Summer Performance Festival , SAFEhouse, San Francisco
2017-2018 Lead Artist, SAFEhouse, San Francisco
2017-2018 Young Choreographers’ Forum, MFDP San Francisco
2015-2017 ArtCorps Scholar, Tamalpa Institute
2016-2017 Spring Fall Residency, Berkeley
2016 CA$H Grant for Dance Theatre, San Francisco
2016 RAW Residency at SAFEhouse, San Francisco
2016 San Juan Unified Arties Award, Sacramento
2014 Institute of Theatre Dance and Performance, UC Davis
2013 Clinton Global Initiative University Conference
Dance Training & Selected Teachers
2020 Djerassi Residency, Woodside: Sara Shelton Mann
2019 Ensimismados, San Jose Costa Rica: David Zambrano
2019 ATLAS, Mexico: Lali Aguadé, Sáde Alleyne, Judith Sánchez Ruiz, Livia Balazova
2019 Encuentros Mutantes, Mexico: Los Little Guys & Shared Levitation
2009-2019 Contact Improvisation: Scott Wells, Ishmael Houston- Jones, Anya Cloud
2009-2017 Improvisation & Composition: Anna Halprin, Dohee Lee, Joe Goode, Iu-Hui Chua,
2013-2018 Axis Syllabus: Frey Faust, Sebastion Grub, Kevin O’Conner, Nuria Bowart
2009-2018 Contemporary & Modern: David Grenke, Melecio Estrella, Qudus Oneiku, Valerie Gnassounou
2017-2019 Breaking & House: Gaby, Seth, RJ, Coflo; MVMNT Studio, Berkeley
20012-2017 Acrobatics, Aerial, Stilt Walking: Deirdre Morris, Daniel Bear Davis
1996-2009 Ballet: Pauline Von Thaden